226 rRsiD.^. 



Ursus ferox, Robinson, Assam, p. 69. 



Helai'ctos malayaniis, Hock/son, J. A. S. B. i. p. 340. 



Helarctos tibetanus, Graij, Cat. Mamm. B. M. p. 73. 



Ursus torquatus, Schinz, Si/n. Mamm. p. 302 ; Warner, Suppl. Schreh. 



t. 141 D ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1564, p. 688. 

 Ursus formosanus, Swinfwe, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 380 ; Gray, P. Z. S. 



1864, p. 689. B.M. 



Hah. India, Nepal, central hilly region (Hodr/son) ; East Siberia 

 (Eadde). Not found in Thibet (Hodgson, J. A. S. E. xi. p. 282) ; 

 Formosa i^Swinhoe). 



The specimen h, which has the wider palate, also has a much more 

 convex forehead. 



Var. 1. arhoreus. 



Upper tubercular and nose shorter. 



Ursus hindaicus arhoreus, Oldham, MS. B, M, (young skull). 



Hah. Darjeeling {Oldham, Hodgson). 



The skull has a broad short nose, rounded above ; the nose-open- 

 ing as high as wide ; forehead convex, broad, rounded on the sides ; 

 nasal bones very broad, large, extending back to a liue even with 

 the middle of the orbits ; lower edge of lower jaw straight ; the last 

 tubercular grinders broad, larger than the flesh-tooth, oblique, trun- 

 cated on the outer hinder side, not wider than long ; palate nearly 

 flat, slightly concave in front, rather contracted behind, on a line 

 with the last edge of the tubercular grinder ; hinder opening of the 

 nostrils elongate, scarcely contracted behind, sides longer than the 

 width of the front edge. 



Two of these specimens {g and c) have a much shorter nose than 

 the generality of the skulls of U. torquatus ; but /, which has also 

 a short tubercular grinder, like them has the nose of the skull of the 



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